Cocoon supplier



T. KISHIMOTO COCOON SUPPLIER Filed Anril 18, 1923 rasata! las. e, 1925i. i 1,522,372 UNITED STATES PATET GFFICE.

TAKEO KISI-Ill-'IOTO, OE ROBE, JAPAN, ASSIGNOR TG KAEEGAFUGH BOSEK KABUSHKI KWAISHA, OF TOKYO-FU, EAEN.

COCOON SUEPLER.

Application filed April 18, 1923. Serial No. 632,995.

To all 'whom t may concern: the filament supplier; (4) is the filament Be it known that I, TAKno Kisrtiiroro, collector having a tine hole at its centre. a subject of the Empire ot Japan, and res- These parts are common in a silk reeling ident in care ci Business lepartment ot machine hitherto in use. u o the Kanegatuchi Boseki Kabushiki Kwaishaz. According to the present invention a set 60 lligashi-Shiri-lke, Kobe, Japan, have inoit endless chains or a belt is supported vented certain new and useful lmproveat an incline above the filament gathering ments in Cocoon Suppliers, ot which the olbasin (1) on two sets of sprocket y wheels lowing is a specification. (6) (6) the lower set ot which is submerged 1U My invention relates to improvements in inthe water of the basin (1) as shown in 65 a device for feeding a cocoon with its lila- Fig. l. Unitormly spaced buckets 7 are mentnnloosed to a ilament supplier in a pivotally secured to the chains by pins silk reeling machine and has for its object (8*). pawl (9) .engaging the chain (5) to provide means for expeditiously :feeding is pivoted to the end or an arm '(10) pivot-ed 1J cocoons mechanically to the lilament supat (11) on they trame work. A link (1.2) TU "lien p is connected with the arm (10) and its lower VThe device constituting the invention is end is connected in turn through levers (13) designed to be applied to a silk reeling and (14:) to the lower end ot aplunger (15) machine of the type provided with a iila- Which latter is .normally held in elevated ment gathering basin apart from the reeling position by a spring (16).

basin. Said device consists in the combina- A guide tube (17) is arranged between the tion et an elevator provided with buckets elevator and the iilament supplier, The hinged at equal distances on an endless chain upper open end (18) ot said tube is suitably Y or belt and arranged at any inclination above flared and is so located as to receive each Z5 the ilament gathering basin into `which the COCOOn and the water dropping troni the 5U elevator extends7 said elevator having asbucket as the latter overturns at the top oit sociated therewith a heating device and an the elevatOr. rlhe lower end (19) of the operating device for moving it along step tube (17) is slightly curved toward the by step. Filaments of cocoons in the gathersupplier (3) and terminates at the side ot '50 ing basin are previously gathered7 and one the latter.

cocoon is put in each bucket ot the elevator1 A. heating means (20) is arranged inside while it ascends, each bucket scooping up the elevator (5) tor heating the buckets and a quantity ot hot water from the basin. the water contained therein. An example et When the bucket reaches the top of the elea suitable heating means which may be used vator and starts to descend it overturns and where many silk reeling machines are ar 90 the cocoon together with hot water drop ranged in a line is shown in Fig. 2. lt coninto a guide leading to the filament supsists of a group ot steam pipes (20) arplier. Thus cocoons are fed to the supplier ranged side by side throughout the width and supplied to the silk reeling machine ot each elevator (5) between main pipes. 10 mechanically one by one as the elevator is (21), and (22) the lower one (22) being` 95 moved step by step by the operator. located within the water in the basin (1),: According to the present invention, pos Steam is supplied to the upper main pipe sibility of the cocoons or the filaments there (21), and while flowing through the pipes et drying before their delivery to the iila- (20) heats the ascending buckets (7). The ment supplier is eliminated and hence the steam and condensate flowing into the lower lvl) efficiency ot the latter is naturally enhanced. pipe (22) is utilized 'for heating the water The accompanying drawing shows an exin the lilament gathering basin ample oi the improved device. Fig. 1 is a `When it is desired to supply Vhlaments to side elevation of the invention as applied the silk reeling machine, the operator pushesy to a silk reeling machine only a part of down the plunger (15). The arm (10) which latter is shown. Fig. 2 is a detailed swings downward through the action ot', the view of the heating means provided inside levers (13) (14) and link (12) so that the the elevator. pawl (9) acts on the chain (5) and moves ln the drawing (1) is the filament gatherthe elevator one step. The buckets at the ing basin; (2) is the reeling basin; (3) is lower part et the elevator turn around the lU wheel (6) and ascend in turn at the left side of the elevator scooping up water from the basin, and maintaining a horizontal position so as to keep the water therein, said water being heated by the steam pipes (20) while ascending.Y The filaments of cocoons in the basin (1) are previously gathered and the end of each gathered filament is held on a hook. One cocoon is put into each bucket while the latter is ascending as shown in Fig. 1. The bucket at the top of the elevator turns around the wheel (6) to the right side and thereby the cocoon, with its filament and held on the hook, falls into the guide tube (17) together with the water carried by the bucket, and drops from the lower end of the tube (17) into the reeling basin (2) over the side of the iilament supplier The filament of the dropping cocoon is caught by the teeth of the supplier' and is Supplied to the silk reeling machine.. When the plunger 15 is released, it is returned to its -initial position together with the pa-wly (9) bythe spring (16) without acting on the elevator. Thus cocoons may be fed to the silk reeling machine as often as the key is pushed. Y

According to the present invention cocoons are elevated with the water in the bucket and dropped one by one into the guide tube together with said water, the solidification or' sericine which usually occurs with apparatus hitherto in use owing to the drying of cocoon before ybeing fed to the silk reeling machinev is entirely avoided so that fila* ments are supplied in good condition and the quality of the raw silk is improved.

I claim- 1. In combination, a filament gathering basin, an inclined elevator extending into said basin and arranged to carry cocoons placed thereon from the basin to a reeling basin, said elevator including a plurality of hinged buckets adapted to receive individual cocoons and arranged vto scoop up a quantity of water frointhe iilament gathering basin so as to deliver the cocoons with a quantity of water into the reeling basin, and heating means associated vwith said elevater. Y

2. "An arrangement as claimed in claim 1 characterized in that the elevator is of the endless conveyor type and the heating means is arranged within the same.

3. An arrangement as claimed in claim 1 characterized by the provision of means for manually effecting a step by step movement of the elevator. Y Y Y Y 4c. An arrangement as claimed in claim 1 characterized in that the heating Vmeans-is so arrangedas to be partially submerged in the water in the filament gathering basin whereby to maintain said water in a heated condition. Y Y

In testimony whereof I have aiiiXedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

TAKE() KISHIMOTO. Witnesses:

W. ABIHARAH, ICHIRo LUDUK. 

